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Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches (27 May 1894 – 1 July 1961), better known by the pen name Louis-Ferdinand Céline ( / seɪˈliːn / say-LEEN, French: [lwi fɛʁdinɑ̃ selin] ⓘ ), was a French novelist, polemicist, and physician. His first novel Journey to the End of the Night (1932) won the Prix Renaudot but divided critics due to the ...
May 23, 2024 · Louis-Ferdinand Céline (born May 27, 1894, Courbevoie, near Paris, France—died July 1, 1961, Meudon) was a French writer and physician who, while admired for his talent, is better known for his anti-Semitism and misanthropy.
Louis Ferdinand Destouches, dit Louis-Ferdinand Céline Écouter, né le 27 mai 1894 à Courbevoie [1] et mort le 1 er juillet 1961 à Meudon, connu sous son nom de plume généralement abrégé en Céline [2], est un écrivain, médecin et collaborateur français.
Jun 15, 2022 · Adam Gopnik writes about a newly discovered novel by Louis-Ferdinand Céline, “Guerre” or “War,” and the French author’s anti-Semitism, and experience in the First World War.
Louis-Ferdinand Céline, pen name of Dr. Louis-Ferdinand Destouches, is best known for his works Voyage au bout de la nuit (Journey to the End of the Night), and Mort à crédit (Death on the Installment Plan).
3 days ago · Céline, real name Louis Ferdinand Destouches, is recognised in France as one of the country’s greatest writers, and a national disgrace. His career was chequered in the extreme.
674 quotes from Louis-Ferdinand Céline: 'I have never voted in my life... I have always known and understood that the idiots are in a majority so it's certain they will win.', 'To hell with reality! I want to die in music, not in reason or in prose.
LOUIS-FERDINAND CÉLINE. So what can I say to you? I don’t know how to please your readers. Those’re people with whom you’ve got to be gentle … You can’t beat them up. They like us to amuse them without abusing them. Good … Let’s talk. An author doesn’t have so many books in him.
Journey to the End of the Night (French: Voyage au bout de la nuit, 1932) is the first novel by Louis-Ferdinand Céline. This semi-autobiographical work follows the adventures of Ferdinand Bardamu in World War I, colonial Africa, the United States and the poor suburbs of Paris where he works as a doctor.
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CÉLINE, LOUIS-FERDINAND (1894–1961) BIBLIOGRAPHY. French writer. Louis-Ferdinand Céline, originally named Louis-Ferdinand Auguste Destouches, was born into a lower-middle-class family in Courbevoie, a Paris suburb.
